quad core

Hi All, I am new here. I dl'd the upgrade advisor today to see about preordering. I have tried to run it 3 times and get the BSOD about 2 minutes into it scanning my system. Does this mean that my system cannot run windows 7? I find it hard to believe considering that I have a quad core...

After leaving the PC idle for a few hours, the CPU usage increases to 20%. This is a very large increase from the CPU usage after starting up (and a few hour later while using the PC) were the usage is approximately 3%. Notes: CPU: Core I7 920 (2.8 quad core) Mother board: MSI X58 Platinum 3GB...

Every time I start up Outlook 2007, I get a popup error that the data file did not close properly, and its being checked for a problem. This occurs no matter how I close out of Outlook. It seems to be working fine regardless of the error. Anyone else seen this? Win 7 - 64 bit MSI mobo / Nvidia...

well i am using W7 7100 64 bits a while now and it workes great. there is only 1 thing that bothers me, the sloooooow explorer when you open folders with lots of files in there. yes, with pictures i can imagine that creating thumps takes some time, but with an folder full of music? even opening...

I am running Windows 7 Build 7100 64 bit on an HP A6720F, Quad core AMD with 6 GB RAM. I did an upgrade from Vista SP1 and everything seemed fine. Now after 30 minutes or so, all 4 CPU's start running at 80-90%. Checking Task Manager processes only show about 3-4% usage, mainly from anti-virus...

Everytime I try to install it, BSOD appears at some point or another during the procedure, it is a different error message everytime, and I have tried both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I am currently running XP, have 4GB RAM, 500GB, a Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S3, An AMD Phenom II quad core X2 940...

hi so i downloaded the rc1 build yesterday from the windows site.. got my seriel number and burnt my iso to disc.. installing ok starts the upgrade.. but when it gets to putting the stuff back onto the computer its gets to 66% and it comes up with this error: werfault.exe - application error...

Hi everybody! Everything is perfect at the beginning in Windows 7 x64 RC(7100), Software, games, music, internet... everything is fine until Wireless stops working... Then I try to reset my computer, doesn't shut down, stays in logging off or shutting down and never actually shuts down.(This...

Hi there all, Sorry about the title, I could not get any better. So my problem is: I have an ACER 8930G ASpire laptop, with quad core bla bla... and whenever I start a game...(does not matter which) at first its running fine, goes fast smoothly...but after a while it ends up in a...

Ok, here is the skinny, Build 7100 64 HP 8530w Quad Core 8GB memory Quadro Video card Installed 7100 64 last night. Configured it for network domain use downloaded/installed Virtual PC with XP for the 64 bit flavor of win 7 Did not configure XP for network domain right away. Went to office...

Hi, I just installed the RC version of windows 7 released on the MS website. When I close/open windows, there seems to be a slight lag, i.e. it doesn't close smoothly immediately, it sort of stumbles a little then closes. Same with typing, occassionally there would be some lag. I'm not running...

I'm using Windows 7 build 7077 and suffer from BSODs when connected to my home network. I connect using a Belkin USB Wireless G Adaptor and aslong as I'm not connected to the network, it's fine but once I connect I get Blue Screens. The driver is installed all the time so I'm not sure if it is...

Hi, I'm new here. I recently installed the beta on a dual boot machine (winXP is the other OS) and it it is working smoothly enough for me aside from the odd software compatibility issue. I do have one hardware issue: both task manager and CPU-z detect my quad core Q9300 as a single core when...

Hello, I am running Vista Home Premium with a quad core machine. Being an artist the main programs I use are 3ds max, photoshop, and of course a web browser (in my case Avant). My problem is that at certain times (and it is very random) things just start going haywire. I am not sure if this is...

Just wondering if anybody is using windows 7 in a quad core. Have vista in the quad and it runs real nice. How's windows 7 in one?

Hi, Been using 7 for a few days now and seems great. However i have noticed that the dosplay seems to have slowed down. It works its just the taskbar and folders open allot slower now. I have tried restoring but no difference, wonder if anyone can offer a idea as to what it it. I have the latest...

I have searched through this forum without much luck on this subject. I have a Intel quad core Q6600 CPU but only 2 of the cores are showing up in the Task Manager but if I check the device manager all 4 are showing there. Does anyone know if Windows 7 is using all 4 cores and just not showing 2...

In msconfig Windows 7 is set by default for 1 processor. That strikes me as being wrong if, like me, you have a Core 2 Dual processor. I have 2 processors and not 1. You can change this in msconfig so that Windows 7 sees how many processors you have [1,2,or 4] at startup. This will speed up...

Anyone else try to instal this game? I got it installed and patched but when the xtrap loads it crashes. I suspect there is a permission I haven't found that needs to be alocated I've unchecked the read only and I've alos ran it in xp compatability mode. Nothing seams to work I've also used...

Hello all. I'm using right now a 64 bit processor, Quad Core 2.2 GHz, 6 GB RAM. My OS is Vista Home Premium Edition (x86 64-Bit). What's happening is that at certain times, when I'm using a program, I randomly lose mouse functionality, keyboard functionality, and my monitor freezes. It does...